Device for applying blacking and the like.



J. SEHOLM & E. W. MELLIN. DEVIGE FOR APPLYING BLAOKING AND THE LIKE.

APPLIUATION FILED DEG.23,1913. 1,129,524. Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

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THE NORRIS PETERS ca. PHOTC-LITHD, WASHINGTON, D. c,

JOSEPH SEHOLM AND ERIC W. MELLIN, OF BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

DEVICE FOR APPLYING BLACKING- AND THE LIKE.

Application filed December 23, 1913.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that we, JOSEPH SnHoLM, a citizen of the United States, and ERIC W. MELLIN, a subject of the King of Sweden, and residents of Bloomfield, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Applying Blacking and the like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved device for applying blacking or similar pasty substances by means of a suitable dauber, such as a brush or a pad, and is par- ,icularly adapted to provide an applying device of this type which has a means for holdinga receptacle for the blacking or similar material, the holder being preferably made to receive the ordinary tin box in which the blacking is sold.

The invention is also designed to provide a dauber which has means for attaching it to a handle of the device so that when the handle is operated to move the box of blacking, the brush is moved so as to engage the blacking in the box, and when released the brush is again returned to its normal position and is ready for use with the blacking on it. The normal position of the box is such that it is closed by the back of the brush and the blacking does not have a' of the box are moved toward each other so as to insure the depositing of some material from the box onto the brush. Another slight compression on the handle separates the box and the brush sufficiently to permit the brush to clear the box and revolve to its normal position, and a full release of the.

handle then permits the box to stop in its place'and it is closed. In this case while a box of blacking is referred to to make the description clear, it will be understood that different kinds of receptacles containing different kinds of materials can be used in this device, and further, that any kind of a dauber can be used, whether it is in the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

Serial No. 808,496.

nature of a brush or a pad or similar element.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device in. its normal position showing the box closed and the dauber ready for use. Fig. 2 is a top view of the construction shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a section on line 8, 3, in Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is a side view of the dauber end of the handle, showing the dauber and the brush in their normal positions in full lines, and showing, in dotted lines, the box raised to its open position.

Numerous forms can be made of this device, and the particular form of handle and holding coils and similar parts can be made in different ways, but for. the purpose of clearly setting forth this invention, we have embodied one type in the drawing. The embodiment shown consists of a handle which is made up of strands that can be moved toward each other, when in the hand, by squeezing them together. One of these strands 10 is provided with a neck 11 which extends upwardly and is then bent into a ring 12 which forms a spring ring for holding a box 13 which, in the drawing, is shown asan ordinary blacking box which is arranged in the ring 12 with its top downward, the purpose of which will be described hereinafter. The strand 10 is bent into a coil 14 to give a spring action to the strand 10 and also to the strand 15 which is fastened at 16 to a strand 17, these two upper strands being slightly divergent and so arranged that the strand 10 passes between them, since the strands 15 and 17 are bent down at 16 and 18, respectively, and then forward at 19 and 20 to form the arms 21 and 22,- which arms support the dauber 36 which, in the form shown, is illustrated as a brush. The downwardly bent part of one of the strands is slightly curved. In the drawing the strand 18 is shown thus curved at 23 to bring the top portions of the parts 16. and 18 closer tion passing through a slot 26 in the side of the brush, and being bent into a half turn 27 so that when the arm 22 moves outward, the "brush is caused to turn by reason of the twisted portion 27 passing through the slot 26.

A suitable clip slides on the downwardly bent portions 16 and 18 of the upper strands 15 and 17 of the handle, theclipbeingbent into a loop 28 around one of the downwardly depending portions of the strands 15 and 17. In the drawing this coil is shown as encircling the downwardly extending portion 18, and then extending across at 29 to form a stop, and'then into a'loop30 around the portion 16,thecli-p then extending downward as at 31 to form a connection between "the loop 30 and the lower loop 32, the wire then extending across to form a lower stop '33. The strand 10, it will be noted, extends for-ward'between the upper'stop 29 and the lower stop 33. The dauber has aback 35 which acts as closure for the open side 'of the box or receptacle in which 'b'lacking is held and a tight joint to prevent jdryingout of the b'lacking is provided for by a sheet or ring '34, which ring is preferably made got elastic or other'compressible material, such as rubber, {felt or the like.

The operation of the device is as tollows: An 'ordinarybox of blacki-ng 13 is placed in the ring 12 and held therein by the spring pressure of the ring, and is inverted so that its edge bears on the ring or pad 34 so that the'blacking is kept from contact with anything and also from drying out. When the [device is to 'be used, the handle is grasped and'squeezed. This swings'the arm 21 from the position shown in full lines in Fig. 4: to the position shown in dotted lines in said figure. As the strand 10 passes upward and the strands 15 and 17 passdownward, the strand 10engages the upper stop 29 of "the clip'and theclip then slides upward with the strand 10, and when'thebox is nearly in "its uppermost position, the loop 28 engages the curvedportion28of the-strand 18, which causes an outward movement of the portion 18 and its arm 22, this outward swinging 0f the arm causing the twisted portion 27 to pass out through the slot "26, and the dauber or brush isturned over with its dau'bing surface opposite the open side of the box 13. When the brush is in this inverted position it is necessary to allow the box to bescttled down 'on the brush so as to insure the placing of some "blacking on the brush. This is done 'by slightly -releasing-'the handle, and the spring action of'the loop 14 forces the strands so that the box 13 settles down on the inverted brush, and at the same time pulls the clip down so that the tendency-of the downwardly extendingportion 18 on the arm 22 is tomove inwardto return "thebrush toiitsnormal position, butathis is preventedby "the engagement of the brush with the blackin .other words, the stop 29 and the loop H 28 ride down beyond the curved portion 23 so that the brush has a normal tendency to resume its position as soon as it is released from the box. This releasing is accomplished by another slight squeezing of the handle in which the strand 10 travels vupward from its engagement with the lower stop 33, and having a little play within the clip, it releases the brush by the time the strand 10 engagesithe upper stop 29, and the brush turns over, this'ot course taking place very quickly, and the handle is then in position to be used as the handle ofthe dauber in applying the blacking to whatever surface is to be blackened or polished. It takes but a slight and simple movement to operate the device, since when it is taken hold of bythe hand, it is tightly squeezed, slightly released, then slightly squeezed again, which second'squeezing permits the turninglotthe brush to its normal position, and then the handle can be fully released and used as the handle of the dauber.

the loop can 'be made rather "large, but so disposed that it bears on the inner edge of therportion '18 rather than on the outeredge.

Having thus described our invention,

what we claim is 1. A device for applying pasty substances comprising a box-"holding strand to normally support a receptacle bottom up, a dauber-holding strand, said strands "being adapted to be moved toward and from'each :other and to form a handle, "and means on said dauber ho'lding strand for swinging the dauber when thestrands-are operated.

2. A device for applying pasty substances comprising a "box-holding strand formed to hold a receptacle in inverted position, a dauber-holding strand, the strands being substantially parallel and connected so as to form a handle, the strands rbeing crossed and capable of movement toward and from each "other, a dauber on :the dauber rholding strand and normally pressed against :a 'rerceptacle so as to :close it, and zmeans on T the -.dauber -'holding strand :Eor sw'inging the dauber when the strands are operated.

3. A I device for applying pasty substances which comprises a handle, means on the handle for supporting an inverted receptacle, a brush mounted on the handle with its back acting as a closure for the inverted receptacle, and means for inverting the brush and raising the receptacle in unison.

i. A device for applying pasty substances which comprises a compressible handle, means on the compressible handle for supporting an inverted receptacle, a brush mounted on the handle with its back acting as a closure for the inverted receptacle, the handle raising the receptacle holder when the handle is compressed, and means connecting said raising means and the brush for inverting the brush when the holder is raised.

5. In a device for applying pasty substances, a handle consisting of strands that diverge into spring arms, a brush mounted between the spring arms and adapted to be rotated when the arms are moving laterally, and means on the handle for so moving the arms.

6. A device for applying pasty substances comprising a handle having a forwardly projecting strand, means on the end of the strand for holding an inverted receptacle, divergent strands having arms thereon, the arms being adapted to be sprung apart, means actuated by the strand carrying the receptacle for spreading the arms, a dauber supported between the spring arms, and coacting means on the dauber and at least one,

of the arms for inverting the dauber when the arms are spread.

7. In a device for applying pasty substances, a handle consisting of a lower strand, means on the end of the lower strand for holding an inverted box of pasty substance, a loop at the rear end of the lower strand, a pair of upper strands connected to the loop and having downwardly curved extensions between which the lower strand of the handle passes, arms on the extensions, a dauber between the arms, a clip sliding on the downwardly extending portions of the upper strands, at least one of the downwardly extending portions being adapted to be actuated by the movement of the clip to move the arms away from and toward each other, the clip being constructed so as to be engaged by the lower strand on its vertical movements, and a flattened and twisted portion at the end of at least one of the arms entering the dauber, the dauber having a slot through which said flattened and twisted portion is adapted to pass to cause the inverting of the dauber.

8. In a device for applying pasty substances, a handle, spring arms on the handle, the arms having a lateral movement relative to each other, a brush mounted between the arms, the brush and arms having co-acting means for revolving the brush when the arms are moved laterally, and means for so moving the arms.

9. In a device for applying pasty substances, a handle, spring arms on the handle, the arms having a lateral movement relative to each other, a brush mounted be tween the arms, the brush and arms having co-acting means for revolving the brush when the arms are moved laterally, means for so moving the arms, a vertically movable holder for an inverted receptacle, and means actuated from the handle for automatically raising the. holder when the arms are moved for placing the receptacle in the path of travel of the brush.

In testimony that we claim we have hereto set our hands,

of November 1913.

JOSEPH SEHOLM.

ERIC W. MELLIN.

the foregoing, this 22nd day Witnesses WM. H. GAMFIELD,

M. A. JOHNSON.

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